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The WPIAL Team Wrestling Tournament brackets have been released. The impending winter storm has led to a revised schedule. Preliminary matches historically wrestled on Monday are now scheduled for Wednesday, with those winners plugging into that night’s first round/quarterfinals. Nine of the 12 Washington County wrestling schools qualified for the tournaments, six of them in the 2A bracket, with four of those heading to McGuffey. The three qualifiers for the 3A bracket are all scheduled at separate sites with Section 2 champion Canon-McMillan hosting a five-team group. WJPA will have live coverage from McGuffey and Canon-McMillan. The WPIAL semifinals/finals are scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 31 at Peters Township. WPIAL Brackets

Here’s the Washington/Greene County teams’ schedule for Wednesday, Jan. 28:

2A at #3 McGuffey
Preliminary on WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
4:20 pm Bentworth vs. Keystone Oaks

1st Round & Quarterfinals on WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
5:50 pm McGuffey vs. Bent/KO winner & Chartiers-Houston vs. Burgettstown
7:15 pm McG/Bent/KO winner vs. CH/Burg winner

2A at #1 Burrell
6:0o pm Beth-Center vs. Quaker Valley
7:15 pm B-C/QV winner vs. Knoch/Southmoreland/Burrell winner

2A at #4 Laurel
6:00 pm Jeff-Morgan vs. Avella
7:15 pm  J-M/Avel winner vs. Avonworth/Freedom/Laurel winner

3A at #3 Canon-McMillan
1st Round & Quarterfinals on WJPA-AM) Watch/Listen Here
5:50 pm Canon-McMillan vs. Belle Vernon/Mars Area preliminary winner
7:15 pm C-M/BVA/Mars winner vs. Latrobe/North Allegheny winner

3A at #2 Norwin
6:00 pm Trinity vs. West Allegheny
7:15 pm Trin/WA winner vs. Armstrong/Seneca Valley/Norwin winner

3A at #1 Franklin Regional
4:30 pm Peters Township vs. Shaler
6:00 pm Peters/Shaler winner vs. Franklin Regional
7:15 pm PT/Shal/FR winner vs. Thomas Jefferson/Moon Area winner

Despite a number of schools utilizing flexible instruction/remote learning days, there’s a full slate of girls basketball action on Thursday’s schedule. 3A Section 3 has a logjam with four teams chasing three playoff spots. Waynesburg (5-2) visits Wash High (4-4) while McGuffey (5-2) hosts Charleroi. 6A Canon-McMillan opens the second half of section play, visiting Upper St. Clair, the Big Macs leading the Panthers by one game in the standings. Fort Cherry (5-0) and Burgettstown (4-1) can combine to clinch playoff spots tonight, playing the bottom two teams in 2A Section 2. The Rangers host Carlynton while the Blue Devils visit Northgate. 2A Section 3 leader Chartiers-Houston (5-0) could clinch tonight as well, hosting Beth-Center (3-2) to open the second half. Bentworth visits Jeff-Morgan. The Bearcats lead the Rockets by one game in the battle for the final playoff spot.

Girls
6A Canon-McMillan at Upper St. Clair
4A Ringgold at Yough
3A Waynesburg at Wash High
3A Charleroi at McGuffey
2A-2 Carlynton at Fort Cherry
2A-2 Burgettstown at Northgate
2A-3 Beth-Center at Chartiers-Houston
2A-3 Bentworth at Jeff-Morgan
2A-3 California at Carmichaels, postponed
1A Avella at Serra Catholic
1A Clairton at West Greene
1A Mapletown at Monessen

CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Tommy Novak and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Calgary Flames 4-1. Yegor Chinakhov and Bryan Rust also scored for Pittsburgh (24-14-11). The Penguins have points in five straight (3-0-2) and are 9-2-2 in their last 13 games. Stuart Skinner made 18 saves in his sixth win in seven starts and improved to 17-12-4. Skinner is 6-2-1 against the Flames in his career. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby had an assist and extended his point streak to four games (two goals, five assists). Yegor Sharangovich scored for Calgary (21-24-5). Dustin Wolf had 21 stops in losing for the sixth time in seven games. He fell to 15-20-2.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. (AP) — Boden Kapke scored 19 points and his 3-pointer with 22 seconds left was the game-winning basket as Boston College left Pittsburgh in the ACC cellar with a 65-62 win. Roman Siulepa and Cameron Cohren each scored 13 points; Cohren grabbed 12 rebounds and Siulepa pulled down 11. Following Kapke’s 3, Cummings missed a deep 3 attempt with nine seconds left. After a Pitt intentional foul, Siulepa stole the inbounds and fed Cummings who missed another attempt from 3 as time expired.

NEW YORK (AP) — The active New York Mets have acquired ace pitcher Freddy Peralta and right-hander Tobias Myers from Milwaukee in a trade that sent two top prospects to the Brewers: pitcher Brandon Sproat and minor league infielder/outfielder Jett Williams. Peralta gives the new-look Mets a frontline starter after their rotation faltered in the second half of a hugely disappointing 2025 season. Peralta went 17-6 with a 2.70 ERA last year, when he led the National League in wins and finished fifth in Cy Young Award voting. He also earned his second All-Star selection. The 29-year-old right-hander is set to make $8 million this year and can become a free agent following the World Series.